The main purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe. The emphasis will be on the Council of Europe (COE) system, primarily focusing on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The substantive rights and freedoms laid down in the ECHR - issues related to, inter-alia- right to life, prohibition of torture, right to a fair trial, protection of private life, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, protection of property, right to education, non-discrimination will be discussed. The supervisory mechanism of the ECHR including the execution of judgments as well as some general concepts and doctrines like positive obligations and the margin of appreciation will be covered. References that have been made in the judgments of the European Court to judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) or the American Convention on Human Rights – of which Brasil is under its jurisdiction - will also be set out during the discussion of cases in order to show the interaction between international judicial bodies.
Course Objectives
o to deliver a comprehensive understanding of internationally recognized human rights instruments and standards to provide a coherent account of human rights institutions under COE system
o to explain how human rights standards laid down in the ECHR work and to show how they can be applied in practice
o to show the relevance of European human rights law to domestic law and the interaction between international courts
o to identify how human rights standards influence the development of law and policy in Contracting States

Mai2015

Business Regulatory Systems in China

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This course includes a general examination of the business regulatory framework, substantial and procedural law that empowers and constrains a wide range of regulatory bodies in China. We will also look at the ways individuals obtain remedies and compensations when their lawful rights and interests are infringed by a specific act of the regulatory bodies.
Course Objectives
o Students will have a good grasp of basics of business regulatory systems in China and the economic, social and political context in which the law operates.
o Students will be able to identify and evaluate an array of issues of current concern in the business regulatory reform, including market entry regulations by licensing and registration.
o Students will be able to conduct independent research in covered areas of business regulatory law in China
The course is based on literatures and empirical data related to the business regulatory framework in China. Literatures and data will be presented in lectures and demonstrations. Papers and issues will be discussed in Class. Students will be able to present their ideas in class.

Margaret Blair is an economist who focuses on management law. Her current research focuses on five areas: team production and the legal structure of business organizations, legal issues in the governance of supply chains, the role of private sector governance arrangements in contract enforcement, the legal concept of corporate “personhood,” and the problem of excessive leverage in financial markets. Professor Blair was appointed to the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise in fall 2010. She joined Vanderbilt's law faculty in 2004 and is affiliated with the Law and Business Program. Before joining Vanderbilt's law faculty, Professor Blair taught at Georgetown University Law Center, where she became a visiting professor in 1996 and served as a Sloan Visiting Professor, teaching Corporations and Corporate Finance, and as research director for the Sloan-GULC Project on Business Institutions, from 2000 through June 2004. She has also been a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, where she wrote about corporate governance and the role of human capital in corporations. She served on the board of directors of Sonic Corp. from 2001-06 and currently serves on the board of WRAP (Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production).

Marta Pertegás is a Professor of Law working in the area of private international law, international commercial law, international family law and international civil procedure. She has served as First Secretary at the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on Private International Law in The Hague, The Netherlands, since 2008, with primary responsibility for international civil procedure and commercial law projects, including the development of the 2015 Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts and the relaunch of the Judgments Project since 2011.Professor Pertegás has developed research and outreach projects in cooperation with other international organisations such as the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), in Vienna, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) in Rome and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva.

She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Dutch Branch of the International Law Association.

Professor Treuthart began her law teaching career after serving a judicial clerkship and working at Warren County Legal Services in New Jersey as a staff attorney and the program director where her primary caseload consisted of civil cases including family law, domestic violence, housing, consumer, public entitlements, and civil commitment matters. Prof. Treuthart joined the Gonzaga law faculty in 1989.Prof. Treuthart was a Fulbright Scholar and Lecturer at Marie Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland (spring 2002) and served as a Legal Specialist for the ABA-CEELI program in Pristina, Kosovo (fall 2006). Along with Gonzaga colleague Professor Megan Ballard, she spent July 2009 at Javeriana University in Cali, Colombia, studying Spanish and Colombian culture. She is a faculty advisor to the Gonzaga Journal of International Law and serves as a coach to the Jessup Moot Court team.